What with one thing and another, one of the big stories of the weekend has been completely overlooked and that is McLaren's EBD didn't seem to deliver the performance the team expected it would.
If anything, they have moved even further behind Red Bull and have also now been leap-frogged by Ferrari, thanks to them utilising the same trick of retarding the ignition on overrun.
So where do McLaren go from here?
Can Mercedes/McLaren also implement this system in their engine to close the what is now more than a 0.5 second gap in qualifying?
If not then after a few short races McLaren could find themselves slipping down the order and both titles out of their grasp.
The fact that Lewis and Jenson occupy P1 and P2 and McLaren lead the WCC says a lot about their consistency and race performance but in reality it should really be Red Bull and Ferrari who are up there.
If anything, they have moved even further behind Red Bull and have also now been leap-frogged by Ferrari, thanks to them utilising the same trick of retarding the ignition on overrun.
So where do McLaren go from here?
Can Mercedes/McLaren also implement this system in their engine to close the what is now more than a 0.5 second gap in qualifying?
If not then after a few short races McLaren could find themselves slipping down the order and both titles out of their grasp.
The fact that Lewis and Jenson occupy P1 and P2 and McLaren lead the WCC says a lot about their consistency and race performance but in reality it should really be Red Bull and Ferrari who are up there.